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A Warning Label for Faith
We have some crazy product warnings here in the United States. Like the sign above the urinal in the men’s bathroom that reads: “Do not drink the water.” Who are these men, anyway, that would mistake a urinal for a drinking fountain? While it's ha...mikemelin2016-04-13T18:48:0264 views00:03:21
A Leap of Faith Doesn’t Have to Be a Leap of Terror
Living by faith is not supposed to be a terrifying experience. But it will be unless you grow in the knowledge of God.
Now, nobody knows what they're getting into when they first step into a relationship with Jesus—nobody! But that is the fir...mikemelin2016-04-12T11:13:0866 views00:03:45
Ask? Ask for What?
We try a new restaurant, read a new book, see a new movie, listen to a new song—and if it moves us, we want to share our discovery with someone else. It's what we do. The instinct to share is what drives social media. It is an undeniable instinct....mikemelin2016-04-11T11:07:1242 views00:03:41
A Different Kind of Gift
When we no longer have the stomach for something, we are done with it. No re‐negotiation possible—we are done. I am done, for instance, with playing politics to sell something—I just can't bring myself to do that anymore.
And I am so done wit...mikemelin2016-04-08T20:24:2338 views00:03:20
Receiving the Unexpected
When we are hungry, so to speak—when we want things—our senses kick in to all the same things that the nations of the world seek after. And we go to God, hoping He will give us those same things. But instead of giving us what we asked for, He offe...mikemelin2016-04-07T18:52:1947 views00:02:21
Asking from a Different Perspective
We ask things of God all the time without having any idea of His perspective. And we call it faith. How can we have faith in God though, if we don't understand who He is and what He represents? He wants us to agree with Him—to say what He says is ...mikemelin2016-04-06T10:22:1133 views00:02:45
Asking for the Wrong Reason
If I wonder why my life is going haywire, it's because I don't ask. If I don't have, it's because I don't ask. Or if I do ask God in faith and I still don't have, it's because I'm asking for the wrong reason.
Seeking after “all these things”...mikemelin2016-04-05T13:07:09471 views00:02:56
Traditions Spoil Faith
If you were to ask me how many windows are in our home, I could walk my way through the house in my imagination and give you a perfect count and placement. I could do the same for the number of doors. But I would have a difficult time giving you a...mikemelin2016-04-04T11:17:0961 views00:02:43
Teach Us How to Pray
Heading upstairs to go to bed, my youngest son, when he was probably about ten years old, made a bold declaration: “When I grow up I'm going to get me a wife that can cook, clean, and wash my clothes!”
Imagine the fall‐out for any young man w...mikemelin2016-04-01T19:07:0866 views00:02:28
Your Father Knows That You Need These Things
God is looking for a faith in Him that just takes for granted His provision for “all these things” –the same essential stuff that everybody chases after. He is looking for a faith that diligently seeks Him—never questioning His desire or His abili...mikemelin2016-03-31T10:22:08171 views00:03:00
Keys to the Kingdom
Why in the world would I want something to happen in my life that God didn't want to happen? And why wouldn't I want what God wants, instead? I am becoming more and more convinced that it is foolish to ask God for something—anything—that He doesn'...mikemelin2016-03-30T09:07:0845 views00:03:15
Faith Redefined
Please consider how much our understanding of faith would change if we began to think of faith as the means to get what God wants for us, and not what we want for ourselves.
When we believe that we have the innate ability to decide what is r...mikemelin2016-03-29T12:32:0746 views00:02:33
God Is Not a Vending Machine
For such a long time, we have thought about faith as a tool to get what we want from God. And it takes some real mental gymnastics to think of faith as a tool for relationship. Yes, He does reward those who diligently seek Him.
But have you e...mikemelin2016-03-28T11:07:0563 views00:02:00
Relationship with God Is Not a Maintenance Item
I enjoy creating things. But I don't enjoy maintaining things. So I always create with minimal maintenance in mind. When I build something—no matter what the size or the purpose—I build it to function with minimal maintenance (or no maintenance, i...mikemelin2016-03-25T13:17:1642 views00:03:22
Demolition
To build something new in the place of something already existing, the existing structure has to be demolished. Without doing a complete demolition we are tempted to modify the new to accommodate the old. But when we do so, we put the integrity of...mikemelin2016-03-24T10:27:0778 views00:02:31
Making the Connection
Picture yourself showing up, on a day in 1880, to work for some guy with a funny name who hired you to paint animals in various degrees of motion around the edges of a glass discs. And you do this day after day after day. Boring? Well it certainly...mikemelin2016-03-23T07:52:0533 views00:03:08

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